Author: Rick Searle. Forward by Pierre Berton. Published by Key Porter, Toronto, ON., 2000, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Signed, Dedicated and Dated by the Author. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. PHANTOM PARKS, is a hard-hitting and passionate examination of why our national parks are failing to protect the wild - and what must be done to reverse this trend. Having travelled throughout most of Canada`s national park system, Rick Searle concludes that there is no one single cause to the current ecological crisis, rather it is about a slow death of a thousand cuts. The wild within our parks is being threatened and drained away by a variety of causes: the lobby for growth and development of park facilities to accommodate ever-increasing demands for recreation and tourism; adjacent land use such as farming, logging and mining, which contribute to the parks becoming islands of extinction; global pressures such as acid rain, climate change and the long-range transportation of pollutants."Every Canadian who cares about the wilderness that defines this nation must read this book." -Reviewed by David Suzuki1st Edition & Signed by AuthorISBN: 9781552631607 GC&C Stock #1957
